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• Stranger Suggests: Dune: Part Two, Sloane Crosley with Ben Gibbard, Freakout Weekender, Nacho Week, Lætitia Sadier

  28-02-2024 22:45
  
  One really great thing to do every day of the week.by Chase HutchinsonWEDNESDAY 2/28  
  Sky Hopinka: Subterranean Ceremonies
  (VISUAL ART) Sky Hopinka, a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation, descendant of the Pechanga Band of Luiseño people, and 2022 MacArthur Foundation grant awardee, blends English and "Indigenous dialects such as Chinuk Wawa, a revived Chinookan creole of the Pacific Northwest" in his ground-quaking works, which often layer elements of poetry, prose, and image to thi
  
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• Washington Passes Strippers’ Bill of Rights

  28-02-2024 21:08
  
  "I mean, among other absurdities, strippers can now accept tips while stripping without the threat of arrest. It's a real win."by Rich SmithAfter years of advocacy from strippers, a surge in support from the LGBTQ+ community, and a rally on the Capitol steps that featured poll dancing, on Tuesday night the Washington State House passed a Strippers’ Bill of Rights, 58-36. The bill adds labor protections for strippers, effectively allows strip clubs to sell alcohol, and repeals an antiquated
  
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• Goodbye, Sweet Ghosts

  28-02-2024 19:00
  
  A few days ago, a truck and some moving boxes accompanied the ghosts.by AnonymousI live in Ballard, and for a long time some neighbors on 80th put cute little paper cut-out ghosts in their windows. Their decorative theme changes with the seasons and the holidays. To me, they have felt like our neighborhood’s welcome committee. 
  A few days ago, a truck and some moving boxes accompanied the ghosts. I was so sad! I had planned to stop by with a note to say thank you, but I seem to h
  
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• Slog AM: Protest Votes in Michigan, Washington House Passes Strippers' Bill of Rights, Bird Murder

  28-02-2024 17:30
  
  The Stranger's morning newsroundup.by Vivian McCallWashington House passes a Strippers' Bill of Rights: After killing the legislation last year, House lawmakers passed SB6015, a bill that improves working conditions in Washington strip clubs and repeals the antiquated lewd conduct laws in the state’s administrative code that the Liquor and Cannabis Board used to raid Seattle gay bars last month. We’ve freed the nipple and the jockstrap,  and advocates say strip clubs will finall
  
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• Police Arrest Six of Sara Nelson’s Political Enemies After She Refuses to Hear Concerns of Asylum-Seekers

  28-02-2024 06:16
  
  It is becoming more and more clear everyday that Nelson and her cronies are opposed to hearing from the left, even through the so-called appropriate channels.by Hannah KriegThe Seattle Police Department (SPD) came to City Hall Tuesday to help Council President Sara Nelson shut up her political enemies, which included asylum-seekers and their lefty allies. The groups attended the public comment period of the meeting to ask the City once again to fund housing for hundreds of Venezuelan, Angolan, a
  
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